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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Interesting POV, actually . . .

I think it is a childish POV. The fact is -- yeah, we do free speech. You can say just anything you want at a funeral and the government will not arrest you and execute you. That's what Free Speech is about. But it's not what the funeral was about.

According to Peggy, Free Speech is about showing up at a funeral and insulting the other mourners. Maybe calling the King Family names, and telling racial jokes while leaning on the casket would also fall under the heading of "free speech". I guess Peggy would be proud of that too.

17 posted on 02/10/2006 6:10:45 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (E)
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To: ClearCase_guy
You can say just anything you want at a funeral and the government will not arrest you and execute you. That's what Free Speech is about. But it's not what the funeral was about.

According to Peggy, Free Speech is about showing up at a funeral and insulting the other mourners.

Not quite. According to Peggy, you can show up at a funeral and insult the president of the United States in a way that Americans find offensive without any thought about the sort of consequences which would be routine in any Muslim country. Or any Communist country, for that matter.

24 posted on 02/10/2006 6:17:35 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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